This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
vagary
Pronounced: (VAYG-uh-ree)
Noun:
an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person’s behavior, etc.)
From Vocabulary.com: “A vagary is an unexpected and unpredictable change, and the word is usually used in the plural. Vagary traces back to the Latin root meaning “wander,” and you can think of a vagary as something that wanders. Events or situations that seem to change at random have vagaries.”
Example:
“The vagaries of securing a mortgage are enough to keep a home buyer up at night, though there are mistakes buyers can avoid to help ensure financing is more of a sure thing.”
